Saving Marie-Grace

If you are a doll lover you have seen this devastating thing happen to good dolls, on line, at yard sales or perhaps in your own doll family. Ink on your doll, just about  one of the most common things a doll lover like me encounters on a fairly regular basis . My niece Hannah's Marie Grace doll suffered from a "love" induced ink heart drawn on her face. My nieces are visiting from Montreal and my sister had a two doll max for the girls each to bring but Marie-Grace made the trip for a spa visit at Aunty Karen's.

Once Marie-Grace arrived at my house, I honestly did not know what to do, I tried cleaning her the way I knew best and the ink mark would not budge. I contacted my Adult Doll Collecting group and they recommended that I use 10% benzoyl peroxide, which I could not find near my house in Canada. So I headed to the Peace Arch Border Crossing and made a day trip for school supplies, lunch and a tube of this magic cream. I bought the Zapzyt brand at Walmart .Once I got home I set out to save Marie-Grace. Listening to the advice of my friend Amy Bray, I applied only the cream to her affected cheek and left it to work it's magic for 24 hours.

I used a wet facecloth and gently removed the cream and I was honestly shocked and amazed at how well this worked. My niece and my sister were just as thrilled with the result and I am in debt to the wonderful ladies in my Adult Doll Collecting group who helped me to save Maire-Grace.
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Formula 911- Just How Clean Are Your Dolls?

 

Have you ever wanted to really clean your dolls vinyl? Wondered how to remove oil and dirt safely from your dolls? When just baking soda and water doesn't do the trick, you need to know about Formula 911 From Twin Pines of Maine. 

 

 This is a wonderful doll care product you can purchase on line from Twin Pines of Maine

I was recently sent this from dollspart and choose Ruthie as my first doll to give a make over...

I did not have to scrub hard or soak the dolls arms and legs, the dirt just wiped off!

The dirt on Ruthie's face was a lot more then I had thought, I was surprised at how dark my cotton balls were!

I am truly impressed by this product and it's results, it removed the dirt I could see and the dirt I did not even know about!
You can order Formula 911 from  either http://www.twinpines.com or  www.dollspart.com. 

Check out Formula 911 on line by clicking here Thank you to Barbara for sending this wonderful new product my way! I can not wait to use it on all my dolls.
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